Shorya Kumar: Placed at Databricks
Myself Shorya Kumar, I graduated with a double major in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering. I will share my insights into placements., studying in IIT Kanpur will be joining Databricks US Software Engineer. Here are some brief insights.
Shortlisted Profiles & Companies:
Glean Graviton Quantbox NK securities Google Media.net Deutsch Bank Plutus Abacus AI etc
Selection Process of the Company you are selected in 1) Resume Shortlist, 2) GD, 3)Test
Online Assessment Resume Shortlist Technical Interviews HR/Resume Interview
Insights on the interview process
For Quant Interviews Expected Values puzzles, strategy puzzles, ML open ended questions, Coding problems For Software Coding Problems (DSA), Implementation/Design Problems, Core CS concepts For Systems Coding , Computer Architecture and OS, C++
Sample Interview Questions?
Software Implementation of Run length Encoding and Some other kind of Encoding Graph based Coding problems Systems Implementation of smart pointers Caches Pipelining Synchronisation problems Quant Any quant finance puzzle book HR Motivation to join the company Give example of solving a ambiguous problem before Share a technical challenge you faced and how you solved it Give an example of you working in a team project
Preparation Resources
Codeforces Leetcode Quantguide PuzzledQuant Quant Books ( Xinfeng Zhou, heard on the street, A collection of dice problems, Peter Winkler) Computer Architecture and OS courses learncpp.com Effective C++
Advice for students (do's and don'ts)
Placements are a long process and its important to remain calm during the placement season. Take care of your health as if you fall sick you might end up missing multiple tests. Try to keep the semester light. For Day 1 Interviews its important to keep in mind that you can interview for only limited number of companies irrespective of your shortlists because of time constraints. So please be vigilant with your interview schedule. Have one or two friends with you to help you with it ( my friends helped a lot). Prepare your best because that is what in your hand. All the best for your placements